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    Quote Originally Posted by trumpycam View Post
    Don't want to be a wet blanket here, but I don't think it is a P76 engine, the raised oil filler is odd. Had a P76, Rover SD1 and still have RRC, and the P76 had filler on left side flush with rocker cover, carb conversion was pretty common in those days I still have a manifold with single Stromberg on it to suit Rover engine sitting in shed. It was a good conversion provided you did not want to climb any steep hills, which is way manifold found it's way back on the shelf. Hope I'm wrong because the Leyland was a very gutsy engine. As well as the P76, brother had one in his 2A shorty (not the smartest combination!)
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    Engine number says P76. Inlet manifold says P76. Rover rocker covers are a bolt on fit, just like the front cover assembly to have the fan at the correct height.

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    I thought the location/format of the engine number pretty much confirms it as a 4.4 ??
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    plate on LH rocker cover.
    6/85 so may be off original motor, vin 9/85

    whitehillbilly

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    Well update.
    Re connected steering arms and the bar that attaches front axle to diff.
    Spent a couple of hrs, washing the outside, then dragged it up to my top shed.
    Soaked cylinders with a mixture of Diesel and light oil.
    Checked oil, good but needs an oil change. Water, 1 ltr, topped up the reservoir bottle. I took off bleed bolt at the top of the radiator to see bright green fluid.
    Then with plugs out, rotated forward and backward, and after a bit of movement, got full rotation.
    Another couple of squirts down each Cyl, and more rotation.
    Connected up started pack, on turning key to start, no power to excite wire to the starter motor.
    A blown fuse somewhere, or anti theft switch. Is it fused in the main dash fuse box ????
    So I made up a wire, that I could reach the battery. When I touch the Positive side it turned over slowly.
    One plug, attached to a lead sparked with nice blue spark.
    4 plugs in and cranked slower. 4 more and just turning, so pulled up 4x4 and jumped to it running plus starter pack.
    Cranked nicely.
    With extra fluid in Cyl's and probably wet plugs, quick spray of start ya bastard down the carby and it fired up.
    couple more goes, then idled lovely, Guess it needs twin batteries to crank over the 4.4 ????
    Then ran out of fuel on the main tank.
    I need to check ATF in the gear box. Clunks into reverse. I do have handbrake on as no brakes. One caliper off.
    Let it idle for 20 mins or so. Tapping noise appeared in RH head. I took off filler cap and added a bit of clean oil and noise vanished
    Probably few more questions to come.

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    If the starter motor is the original Lucas P76 one they're very easy to service. Undo the nut holding the starter motor wire to the solenoid, undo the two long bolts through the case, then carefully separate the parts. Blow out the dust, lubricate the two end bushes with engine oil and reassemble. Sometimes the starter pinion eats into the nose cone, a flat washer may have to be cut to size to push the drive shaft back to its correct position. Motor brushes push endways against the shaft and don't require anything other than a poke to make sure they're free and long enough to do the job.

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    Thanks.
    Seems to work OK, but handy info to service.
    Any ideas about wire from the key in start position ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by whitehillbilly64 View Post
    Any ideas about wire from the key in start position ?
    Well it's auto so there would be a neutral safety switch fitted (and probably a relay as well) so it only starts in park and neutral. Time for you to look a little closer at the run of wiring and see where it all goes.

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    Well done WHB. I love the p76 v8 in my stage 1. Such a lazy torquey motor to drive. Mine will happily pull away from 40km/h in 4th gear with heaps left still at 110km/h. It is just the series wind noise that limits the comfortable top speed.
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    1980 Stage 1 v8 (gone)

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    Things coming together nicely.
    Big clean up outside, and inside.
    Replaced LH brake cylinder, But brakes will not bleed. No fluid, coming out nipples.
    Thinking when the peddle let go, the Master Cylinder has gone down, but not back out.
    Could someone tell me the Transfer knob positions. It goes HI/LO and to the Right and UP.
    Will it also go down, to the right ???? Knob has H pattern on it, but could be off, God Knows !!!!
    The knob was a silicone fit, but didn't. I cleaned out and filled with JB Marine, then will tap out new thread.
    Went to take gearbox pic, but a bit dark.
    Thanks

    Whitehillbilly

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    Found all gears tonite on Transfer.
    H pattern knob correct.
    JB weld and new tapped hole works.

    whitehillbilly

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